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basket

vr.tr.basket · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent explain baskets and basketry, relay materials, techniques and regional forms from craft and ethnographic sources, describe uses and cultural significance, and distinguish baskets from boxes, bags and woven furniture, and the container from the basketball sense.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain baskets and basketry, relay materials, techniques and regional forms from craft and ethnographic sources, describe uses and cultural significance, and distinguish baskets from boxes, bags and woven furniture, and the container from the basketball sense.

A container woven from flexible materials such as willow, cane, bamboo, grass or palm, made worldwide in forms for carrying, storing and displaying goods, including clothes baskets, dough baskets for proving bread, mining corfs, the Japanese ejiko cradle basket, the Philippine pasiking backpack basket and the Dutch Maandel; basketry is among the oldest crafts and remains a living tradition and art.

What it is for: Carrying, storing and displaying goods.

It can be explain materials and techniques; relay regional forms; describe uses and culture; distinguish related objects.

Distinguishing features

Woven construction

Natural materials

Global craft

Many specialised forms

What it looks like

A woven container, often with a handle.

Physical character

oldest known basketry: about 10000-12000 years note

main techniques: coiling, plaiting, twining, wicker list

common materials: willow, rattan, bamboo, grass, palm list

How it is recognised

Woven container

Clothes basket, dough basket, corf, ejiko, pasiking, Maandel

Boxes are rigid; bags are cloth or leather; basketball hoops are a different sense

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

container

is a kind of - object in registry terms

wicker

is made by - techniques

basket weaving

is contrasted with - a rigid container

box

In practice

Families and kinds

carrying baskets including backpack baskets such as the pasiking

storage and clothes baskets

dough and kitchen baskets

work baskets such as the mining corf

cradle baskets such as the ejiko

regional forms such as the Maandel

decorative and art basketry

Standards and regulation

No regulation; food-contact rules for bread baskets

Heritage craft recognition in some countries

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing with the basketball sense

Registry aliases naming regional forms

Decline of traditional basketry skills

Also called

ejikocorfclothes basketMaandelpasikingdough basketletter trayfire basketfirewood basketcheese basketwinnowing basketAampoYakhangtobacco basketfishing basketswill basketsplint basketoval carrierPlenjerkekoCanastahamperflower basketAgasekeThrikkottapicnic basketbread basketgerlabicycle basketkalathoscreelketebannetonpallissóChristmas hamper

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.basket-quantity

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a basket is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a basket, and how does it differ from a box, a bag and the basketball sense? definition
  2. Is the question about baskets in general, a technique, a regional form or basketball? boundary

Forms

Forms.

Forms

Forms.

  1. What are clothes baskets, dough baskets, corfs, the ejiko, the pasiking and the Maandel? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific form? action
Craft Craft.

Practice.

Materials

Materials.

Materials

Materials.

  1. What materials are used for baskets, and how are they prepared? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Techniques

Techniques.

Techniques

Techniques.

  1. How do coiling, plaiting, twining and wicker techniques work? action
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Culture Culture and use.

Sources.

Traditions

Traditions.

Traditions

Traditions.

  1. What basketry traditions exist among Indigenous, Asian, African and European peoples? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific tradition? action

Uses

Uses.

Uses

Uses.

  1. How are baskets used in farming, fishing, mining, kitchens and childcare? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the specific use? action
Context History and art.

Context.

History

History.

History

History.

  1. What does archaeology show about the origins of basketry? provenance
  2. Which entry fits the history of basketry? action

Art

Art and market.

Art

Art.

  1. How is basketry practised as art and craft today? provenance
  2. Which entry fits fibre art? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should basket weaving and the regional forms be separate primary entries?
  • How should craft sources be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases naming regional and specialised baskets; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON